Saturday, November 20, 2010

Happy Birthday to The Man

The love of my life had a birthday while we were apart. This means we will not have the giant "over the hill" party that I'd envisioned locally. We're leaving on Tuesday. He and the children have opted to celebrate in OR.

I do not have a problem with aging. It's not bothered me in the least to hit 30 - I felt I'd finally gained some "respectability" to teach Bible Studies. LOL Turning 40 was hardly a blip. 45  didn't phase me. It is with a great measure of humor, therefore, that I discover it's strange, amazing, bemusing to find myself married to a man who just turned 50! When in the world did that happen? It seems I'd just turned 20 and he was suggesting a wedding in 3 weeks. ::snort::

He still thrills me. He amazes me. His love and passion for God and the Bride of Christ humble me. His care of the children and I are unsurpassed. He is aging WELL.....oh he's so fine....but still he's 50. Wow. That awes me. Somewhere along the line, I think we've grown a bit older.....and I love it...but I'm bemused to find ME married to a man of 50. ::snort::


I would have not traded any minute (the ups and downs) of the past 27 years with this man.

Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Momentous Day

We cleaned. 


We crafted - weeeellllll - I showed Arielle how to make sea glass jewelry and she (as expected) excelled. 



While Arielle made pendants, I made slide shows on the iPad - I now have three set to music.....Older Kids (stole photos from FB) set to "Find Your Wings," PWOCI conference set to "We Speak to Nations," and Japan 210 set to "This Life". 

MIKE CAME HOME in the evening. What joy! I look forward to life settling into some sort of routine with us both on the same continent for months at a time. ::snort::  He brought us all a taste (literally chocolate covered macadamia nuts and figuratively) of Hawaii. 


While at the airport, I noted that NOLAN was a couple of inches taller than Arielle. What? When Mike got home from Afghanistan Arielle still had an inch or two on him. We rechecked at home (in BARE-FEET) and yep, he's passed her up. She's not happy about this....this means that NOLAN IS TALLER THAN HIS OLDER SISTERS TOO!  Be prepared for more male crowing, gals.




Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...